2010 Nebraska No-Till Conference

Feb. 16 at the Ag Center in Holdrege, NE 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Registration begins at 9 a.m. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension will provide corn and soybean producers information on how to be successful with no-till farming practices at the Nebraska No-Till Conference. There is no cost to attend and a meal is provided however, pre-registration was due Feb. 10 because of material and meals. If you haven’t registered and would like to attend, you may be able to still get in by contacting Chuck Burr at the Phelps Co. UNL Extension - call (308) 995-4222 or e-mail cburr1@unl.edu A flyer on the event can be found at: http://ardc.unl.edu/2010NoTillFlyer.pdf Speakers include no-till farmers, university specialists and industry representatives. The Holdrege conference includes the following topics and speakers:

• Implications of Surface Applied Fertilizer in No-Till Conditions - Richard Ferguson, UNL Extension Soil Fertility Specialist;
• Climate Variability - Is It for Real; Carbon Sequestration Research Update; Research Report - One Tillage Pass in No-till - Its Impact - Charles Wortmann, UNL Extension Soils Specialist;
• Lunch Panel Discussion – Why My Neighbor Doesn’t No-Till… Paul Jasa, UNL Extension Engineer and Dan Gillespie, Farm Operator, Battle Creek, NE;
• Use and Benefits of Cover Crops in a Crop Rotation Brian and Keith Berns, Farm Operators, Bladen, NE;
• Impact of Long-Term No-Till on Infiltration and Runoff with Center Pivots - Dean Eisenhauer, UNL Professor of Biological Systems Engineering;
• Evapotranspiration, and Soil Temperature and Plant Physiological Parameters in Relation to Tillage Practices - Suat Irmak, UNL Extension Water Resource Engineer.